Denial of Service Vulnerability in CA Anti-Virus and Internet Security Suite
CVE-2006-6496

Currently unrated

Key Information:

Vendor

Broadcom
Status
Etrust Antivirus
Internet Security Suite
Vendor
CVE Published:
13 December 2006

What is CVE-2006-6496?

The drivers VetMONNT.sys and VetFDDNT.sys in CA Anti-Virus and CA Internet Security Suite do not properly manage NULL buffers. This flaw allows local users with administrative privileges to trigger a denial of service, potentially causing the system to crash via specific IOCTL requests. It is crucial for users of these affected versions to update their software to mitigate this vulnerability.

References

http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/vulninfo/vuln.aspx?id=...
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http://crm.my-etrust.com/CIDocument.asp?KDId=2651&GUID=9F...
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http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454420/100/0/threaded
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Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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CVE-2006-6496 : Denial of Service Vulnerability in CA Anti-Virus and Internet Security Suite